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Conservation & Restoration
Projects: Projects will include work on the landscape genomics of kauri, building on the excellent mahi (work) from the Healthy Trees, Healthy Futures programme. 1. Conservation genomics of taonga species…
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Master's student brings Tea Bag Index method to kauri forests
Siqi Yang, a Master’s student with the Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts team, used a new-to-kauri-forests method of measuring decomposition rates in soil: the Tea Bag Index method.
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Ngā Pī Ka Rere grants supports the publication of important Kauri Dieback research
On holiday in Transylvania, Isaar met with BioHeritage writer Kerry Donovan Brown via video call. Earlier in the day, Isaar had visited Bran Castle, a fortress known otherwise as “Dracula’s…
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Stunning imagery of kauri root zone
Waikato Regional Council has teamed up with Weta Workshop to create a striking illustration of how big the kauri root zone is.
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Two students giving us the scoop on kauri soil
Two Auckland University of Technology students have teamed up to give a comprehensive picture of the biotic and abiotic components of kauri soil.
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Nurseries no longer safe for kauri dieback
The pathogen that causes kauri dieback disease might be harboured and spread through plant nurseries, but a solution may have been found.
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Alana Thurston, shaking things up for kauri dieback detection
Last year, NRT funding was used to purchase a critical piece of lab equipment – a commercial paint can shaker.
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Kaurilands Summit 2021
Over 120 attendees representing community groups, iwi, research organisations, councils and government agencies came together online for the inaugural Kauriland Summit in June 2021. The Summit was split into three…
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Five new students join Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts
We are welcoming five new students to Ngā Rākau Taketake theme Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts! Meet them and find out more about what they'll be studying.
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A new way to tell science stories
Mobilising for Action co-lead Dr Marie McEntee has joined with colleagues from the University of Auckland and with Kauri Rescue to tell the story of this citizen science project in a new, interactive and immersive way.
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Effectiveness of phosphite trials to be assessed
Property owners involved in Kauri Rescue find out if phosphite is helping their trees fight kauri dieback disease.
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The introduction of Phytophthora agathidicida to Aotearoa
Ngā Rākau Taketake scientists do not support claims that “kauri dieback was not so a recent arrival” and recommend no changes to current kauri dieback management.
research
Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts
Māori advisor: Dr Nick Waipara Rongawhakaata, Ngāti Ruapani Plant and Food Research Students
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Mātauranga Māori, Western science and art combine in Northland
The synergy of mātauranga Māori, Western science and storytelling through art was front and centre at a this wānanga in Northland.